Keep in mind, Sky News is part of the Fox News family. Their main intention of releasing this headline is the same as yours, they want to still continue damaging Obama's name even after he's been elected.

The truth is, after trying Bush, EVERYBODY is willing to come to the negotiations table and will also bend over backwards to make something work. And regardless of what many think, Hamas was elected into power by the Palestinian people and they have the right as elected leaders to talk to Obama or any president this country may elect.

After the 1992 election, it took over a year for the first signs of significant right-wing populist activity to appear in America  signs like the quasi-military militia movement in Michigan and elsewhere, the appearance of bunkered apocalyptic religious communities  Waco, etc, and the carefully nurtured paranoid rumors of Black Helicopters, UN invasion forces and the cocaine/mafia hit men working for Bill and Hillary Clinton.

This time very genuinely disturbing trends are starting to appear even before Obama takes office.

The reason, of course, is obvious. The insidious smears directed at Obama by McCains media operation, the right-wing media and third-party internet rumors directly identified him with violent political terrorism, Moslem extremism and thuggery and intimidation by Black militants. Nothing remotely this inflammatory was leveled at Clinton during the 1992 campaign.

Republicans will now try to dismiss this as just the natural excesses of a hard-fought campaign and more politically sophisticated Republicans will now ratchet down the rhetoric and concede that none of the charges were literally or even remotely true.

"Senators Obama and Biden are cosponsors of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006. Introduced in the wake of Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections, this act outlaws direct assistance to any entity of the Palestinian Authority controlled by Hamas until it meets the conditions of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and agree to abide by all agreements signed by the Palestinian Authority. Obama signed a letter urging President Bush to make it clear to Palestinian leaders that terrorist groups must either disarm or be barred from the political process. Since the elections, Obama has stated that Israelis must have a true Palestinian partner for peace. He will encourage the strengthening of the Palestinian moderates who seek peace and work to isolate Hamas and other extremists who are committed to Israel’s destruction."

It should also be noted that:

- Obama won the Jewish vote by 78% to 21%.

- His senior adviser (Axelrod), is Jewish, and his chief of staff (Emanuel) is an orthodox Jew.

So no, he isn't going to be "palling around with terr'rists" anytime soon.

"MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas?

That brought his mother, the camouflage-clad Rachel Smith, to Bob Moates Sports Shop on Thursday, where she was picking out that special 20-gauge shotgun -- one of at least five weapons she plans to buy before Obama takes office in January."

Help me out, darlin'. Lets' see...how much more silly can this crap get? Uh oh... I think I misinterpreted the intention of this thread.

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Methinks this entire forum is sporadically dripping with the deepest of sarcasm now that there is a dominant reality at hand. It's becoming more and more subtle. I predict there will be a newcomer that, absent the obligatory rolleyes, will believe his staunch conservative, McCain/Palin, ultra-religious, Republican self has found a new echo-chamber with a minority of "leftists", only to become gradually confused and disheartened.

That said...

1. Abedinejad's letter of congratulations
2. Israel's warning of showing weakness in communicating
3. Hamas' overtures to open a dialog

Boy. Do these people know what "Inauguration Day" is? No talking to our President-Elect. Slow your roll!

1. Abedinejad's letter of congratulations
2. Israel's warning of showing weakness in communicating
3. Hamas' overtures to open a dialog

Boy. Do these people know what "Inauguration Day" is? No talking to our President-Elect. Slow your roll!

~ CB

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Ahmadinejad and Meshaal know the difference between the President and the President Elect, alright. But, like most other leaders around the world, they're eager to express their excitement over the fact that the US will no longer be run by Beavis and Butthead. They have no illusions of finding a friend in Obama, but they're grateful that the US president is a pragmatic person with a brain. That hasn't been the case for the last 8 years.

Ahmadinejad and Meshaal know the difference between the President and the President Elect, alright. But, like most other leaders around the world, they're eager to express their excitement over the fact that the US will no longer be run by Beavis and Butthead. They have no illusions of finding a friend in Obama, but they're grateful that the US president is a pragmatic person with a brain. That hasn't been the case for the last 8 years.

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Well isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black. Two wacko's being glad that two other wacko's are gone.

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